#4E424D
Eggplant · dark warm gray
About #4E424D
#4E424D is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 26% green and 30% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 1% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Eggplant (ΔE 10.0); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #424E43 — a graphite tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E424D for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 9.50:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.50:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #4E424D?
#4E424D is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 26% green and 30% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 1% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #4E424D?
Use white text. White on #4E424D has a contrast ratio of 9.50:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #4E424D?
Its complementary colour is #424E43, and analogous partners are #49424E and #4E4247.